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Japanese American internment: dispossession Japanese American internment: removal Dorothea Lange: photograph of a store owner's response to anti-Japanese sentiment Japanese American internment: children concentration camp Entrance to the Manzanar War Relocation Center Map of the western and central United States during 1942-46, showing the exclusion area along the West Coast in pink where Japanese Americans were forcibly removed. Red stars indicate the locations of the ten internment camps: Tule Lake, Manzanar, Poston, Gila River, Minidoka, Heart Mountain, Topaz, Granada, Rohwer, and Jerome. Manzanar War Relocation Center near Lone Pine, Calif.; photograph by Ansel Adams, 1943.

Executive Order 9066: References & Edit History

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  • Michael Ray
    Michael Ray is an assistant managing editor who has worked at Britannica since 2003. In addition to leading the Geography and History team, he oversees coverage of European history and military affairs. He earned a B.A. in history from Michigan State University in 1995.

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Invalidated site: American Historical Association - Reliving Injustice 75 Years Later: Executive Order 9066 Then and Now. Nov 11, 2026
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Executive Order 9066. Apr 16, 2026
Add new Web site: American Historical Association - Reliving Injustice 75 Years Later: Executive Order 9066 Then and Now. Jan 02, 2026
Add new Web site: Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress - Executive Order 9066 and the Posting of Removal Notices (PDF). Oct 01, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - 75 Years Later, Americans Still Bear Scars of Internment Order. Aug 18, 2025
Add new Web site: NBC News - Remembering Executive Order 9066, the 'Single Act' that Began Internment. Jul 11, 2025
Add new Web site: HistoryLink.org - President Franklin Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. May 16, 2025
Add new Web site: Teaching American History - Executive Order No. 9066 οΏ½ Resulting in the Relocation of Japanese. Jan 16, 2025
Add new Web site: National Archive - Harry S. Truman Library Museum - Japanese-American Internment. Oct 30, 2024
Add new Web site: National Archive - Harry S. Truman Library Museum - Japanese-American Internment. Oct 30, 2024
Add new Web site: ScholarWorks at UARK - There was Nothing "Neutral" about Executive Order 9066. Sep 16, 2024
Add new Web site: National Archives - Executive Order 9066: Resulting in Japanese-American Incarceration (1942). Apr 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society - Executive Order 9066 - History and Legacy. Dec 10, 2022
Media added. Jun 19, 2018
Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - Americapedia - Executive Order 9066. Mar 07, 2014
Add new Web site: History Matters - Executive Order 9066: The President Authorizes Japanese Relocation. Feb 05, 2014
Add new Web site: OurDocuments.gov - Executive Order 9066: Resulting in the Relocation of Japanese (1942). Feb 05, 2014
Add new Web site: OurDocuments.gov - Executive Order 9066: Resulting in the Relocation of Japanese (1942). Feb 05, 2014
Add new Web site: History Matters - Executive Order 9066: The President Authorizes Japanese Relocation. Feb 05, 2014
New article added. Feb 09, 2009
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